On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 09:07:07PM -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote: > * New upstream version notifications > Since yesterday DEHS started sending notifications to the 'summary' > tag/keyword of the PTS when it finds a new upstream version.
Was this blessed by the PTS admins before it was deployed? I find it completely pointless to have DEHS telling me about new upstream releases of packages I maintain. I already track upstream mailing lists for my packages, and have no interest in being bombarded with automatic notices of this kind. But to my dismay, not only are these messages being sent using a PTS keyword that's enabled by maintainers by default, they're being sent using a PTS keyword that was already being used for other, relevant notices that I *can't* subscribe to elsewhere. So now I have to choose between not receiving notifications when my packages transition to testing, or having to filter out messages locally that I never asked to receive; and I have to actively opt out of these DEHS mails that should be completely redundant for any maintainer who is already tracking upstream as they ought. I understand that this is an easy way to enable maintainers to track upstream releases when they aren't already, but for those of us who are already involved with upstream it's completely redundant. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
